Logitech New Product Annoucments

On Monday Logitech announced the following new products in Australia.

Most of the New Zealand pricing is now available and is listed.

1. Logitech Driving Force Wireless force feedback wheel - NZ $199

2. Logitech PlayGear Pocket Lite™ Hard Case for Nintendo DS™ Lite – NZ $29

3. Logitech PlayGear Pocket Slim™ Hard Case for Sony® PSP® (2000 Series) - NZ $39

4. Logitech Cordless Keyboard for Wii – NZ $TBA (79.95 AUD)
 

New Logitech Wheel Delivers Force Feedback Realism with One-Piece Convenience

Logitech Driving Force Wireless Force Feedback Racing Wheel for PLAYSTATION 3 Features One-Piece Design, Expandable Lap Rest; Built-In Gas, Brake Controls

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — July 21, 2008 — No need to rearrange your living room – now you can add force feedback realism to your driving-game experience in seconds. Logitech, a world leader in force feedback technology, today announced the one-piece Logitech® Driving Force Wireless™ force feedback racing wheel for PLAYSTATION®3. Quick to set up and easy to store, Logitech’s one-piece design includes an expandable lap rest so you don’t need to mount your wheel to a table. You can conveniently experience the exceptional realism of force feedback driving anywhere you want – on the sofa, the arm chair or the floor.

“A standard controller doesn’t really give you a satisfying racing experience, yet not everyone can have a complex driving simulator set up in their living room,” said Ruben Mookerjee, Logitech’s director of product marketing for gaming. “The Driving Force Wireless delivers the fantastic racing experience you’d expect from a Logitech force feedback wheel. And the one-piece design is easy to set up and just as easy to put away – keeping the living room free of clutter and making the entire family happy.”

One-Piece Convenience

Everything you need is built into the one-piece design of the Driving Force Wireless, including controls for gas, brake, shifting and menu navigation. Also featuring 2.4 GHz wireless technology for lag-free range of up to 10 metres, the Driving Force Wireless force feedback wheel adds convenience to your racing experience by eliminating the console cable. To start racing, just plug in the USB receiver and power cord, put in a driving game, adjust the lap rest to a comfortable position and wait for the race to begin. There’s no mounting or assembly involved. And when you’re ready to put it away, the USB receiver can be stowed in a convenient compartment.

Logitech’s Force Feedback Technology

The Driving Force Wireless force feedback wheel is the latest addition to Logitech’s innovative line of force feedback wheels. When you’re playing a racing game, standard controllers don’t let you feel all the jaw-dropping excitement – the bumps, the crashes, the traction loss – that make racing with force feedback technology the closest you can get to the real thing. Having introduced its first force feedback products in 1998, the company has designed 18 models of force feedback wheels and shipped 5 million force feedback devices. In that time, more than 100 racing titles have supported Logitech force feedback technology. And Logitech’s proprietary force feedback technology is supported by more than 80 titles on PlayStation®2 and PLAYSTATION®3.

Force feedback, unlike vibration feedback or rumble technology, creates directionally precise, tactile feedback that accurately simulates forces experienced in the game. Through the use of advanced software and electronics, force feedback can move a steering wheel or joystick as if the device were subject to real external forces.
Pricing and Availability

The Logitech Driving Force Wireless force feedback wheel is expected to be available in Australia in mid August. The suggested retail price is $149.95 (AUD).

Logitech announces PlayGear Pocket Cases for Nintendo DS™ Lite and Sony ® PSP® (2000 Series)

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA– July 21, 2008 – Logitech, the world leader in personal peripherals, today introduced the Logitech PlayGear Pocket Lite™ Hard Case for Nintendo DS™ Lite and the Logitech PlayGear Pocket Slim™ Hard Case for Sony® PSP® (2000 Series).

Logitech PlayGear Pocket Lite™ Hard Case for Nintendo DS™ Lite

Whether you’re gaming with your Nintendo DS™ Lite at home or on the go, the new Logitech® PlayGear Pocket Lite™ hard case offers superior protection while you’re in transit and while you play. With its polycarbonate construction, the PlayGear Pocket Lite case will protect your DS Lite with a shell of armour while the play-in-case design provides access to your DS Lite controls and connections. The case also allows you to carry and protect up to four DS Lite games. Add your own personal style to the case by creating custom skins – simply use the included template to trace around your favourite artwork, and then cut and insert inside the translucent exterior case.

Logitech PlayGear Pocket Slim™ Hard Case for Sony® PSP® (2000 Series)

You’re on the go with your Sony PSP (2000 series) all the time, so be sure to protect your investment with the newest case from Logitech. The Logitech® PlayGear Pocket Slim™ hard case for Sony® PSP® (2000 series), is a solid polycarbonate case that will give you protection wherever you are playing. Based on the design of the best-selling original PlayGear Pocket™, PlayGear Pocket Slim case lets you add your own personal style to your PSP. Simply use the included template to trace around your favourite artwork, and then cut and insert the skins inside the translucent exterior case. To help you achieve longer hours of portable entertainment, the PlayGear Pocket Slim case also fits Sony’s 2200 mAH extended-life battery kit.

Pricing and Availability

The Logitech PlayGear Pocket Lite™ is expected to be available in Australia in August for the suggested retail price of $24.95 (AUD).

The Logitech PlayGear Pocket Slim™ is expected to be available in Australia August for the suggested retail price of $29.95 (AUD).

Logitech Introduces Keyboard for Wii Internet Channel and upcoming chat-oriented games

Licensed by Nintendo, Logitech Cordless Keyboard for Wii Enables Natural Typing for Easy Communication, Browsing, Searching

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — 21 July, 2008 — To make it easier for you to communicate with your friends and family on your Wii™ game console, Logitech today introduced the new Logitech® Cordless Keyboard for Wii™ – licensed by Nintendo – a must-have accessory for chat-oriented games and the Wii™ Internet Channel. With its compact, slim design and 2.4 GHz wireless technology, Logitech’s new keyboard for Wii enables a natural typing experience for easy communication, browsing and searching – even from your favourite armchair.

“One of the big reasons Wii has been so successful is the social element of the games and applications,” said Ruben Mookerjee, Logitech’s director of product marketing for gaming. “Our new keyboard helps families experience the Internet in the living room – and it will make chatting with online friends simple in popular games such as Animal Crossing.”

The Logitech Cordless Keyboard for Wii provides special system keys – such as Zoom In/Out, Forward/Back, Quit and OK – making it even easier to use your favourite game console to communicate with your friends, surf the Web, read the news, check the weather, browse Internet videos and send e-mail.

The keyboard complements the clean, stylish appeal of the Wii game console and Wii remote with its polished white finish and elegant, living-room design. And to provide you with a comfortable typing experience, the keyboard’s primary keys are full size. However, the compact, slim design is also small enough to blend into the living room and sit comfortably on your lap.

The Logitech Cordless Keyboard for Wii is easy to set up and put away. Just plug the mini-receiver into the console and the keyboard is ready to use. And when you’re finished using it, the receiver snaps into the back of the keyboard.
Pricing and Availability

The Logitech Cordless Keyboard for Wii is expected to be available in Australia at the end of August. The suggested retail price is $79.95 (AUD).

About Logitech

Logitech is a world leader in personal peripherals, driving innovation in PC navigation, Internet communications, digital music, home-entertainment control, gaming and wireless devices. Founded in 1981, Logitech International is a Swiss public company traded on the SWX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI).